Having a glass

[the golden visionary]

You have a very weirdly hairy wrist.

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It's quite common in men that mate

 

[GrandOldTeam]

That's what people used to call them back then. Basically stealing stuff, like glasses, other stuff from pubs, traffic cones etc

Phew. I had visions of people having little trophies they'd take out with them - like bingo good luck mascots.

 

[Billy Dean]

Phew. I had visions of people having little trophies they'd take out with them - like bingo good luck mascots.

At university pretty much everyone had something in their living room that had been pinched on the way home from a night out.

Not me obviously, I was one of the good guys

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Swooped a Cruzcampo chalice at the beginning of the year (obviously not gonna state where I 'acquired' it from lol) but its very very rare I do stuff like that - was intoxicated and just happened to really like the design of the glass ha.

 

[verreauxi]

I wax my wrists and elbows

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It's quite common in men that mate

Not in normal men.

'kin werewolves, you lot.

 

[Blue 1]

If I drink from one I like, it goes in my coat pocket. Soz. I know it's a bit dickish, I don't do it often.

It makes beer at home taste better. The secret ingredient is crime.

 

[COYBL25]

That's what people used to call them back then. Basically stealing stuff, like glasses, other stuff from pubs, traffic cones etc

Works brewery tours where the worst for this.

Remember going on one to a brewery in Burton, when I`d just started as a lad.

An hour of free ale, which caused mayhem ( someone drank ten pints ) and some of the stuff that got robbed as trophies was just nuts - a fake shield and framed pictures of the walls.

 

[NathDogg]

That's what people used to call them back then. Basically stealing stuff, like glasses, other stuff from pubs, traffic cones etc

I have an impressive collection of ashtrays and pint pots stored in my mas gaff, after a life of university crime. Lovely glass cut ones, all kinds of stuff .

My nan started me off young, in the church clubs of Huyton.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Works brewery tours where the worst for this.

Remember going on one to a brewery in Burton, when I`d just started as a lad.

An hour of free ale, which caused mayhem ( someone drank ten pints ) and some of the stuff that got robbed as trophies was just nuts - a fake shield and framed pictures of the walls.

Back in the 90s it just seemed normal for someone plastered to nick stuff. Several groups of friends in house shares would end up with all sorts. Go out as a group and someone got egged on. Beer glasses, ash trays, memorabilia, even a pub garden bench. Pretty sure someone towed a barman's mini away with them for a laugh. Left the window down, so they took off his hand break and hauled it with rope a couple of streets away.

 

[COYBL25]

Not in the UK, but I`ve had loads off in Belgium over the years, as some of their glasses are like works of art, particularly the Kwak glass. ( tricky to get home in one piece )

 

[RAFUH]

Spoke to a guy in work that did promotional work for Harp and he asked them their view on people stealing pint glasses and they said they supply the bars with free glasses and view theft of them as free advertising.

So in that sense the bars aren't losing out and the company and customer benefits. Everyone wins.

Maybe. I'm in US so may have been different, but the bar had to pay some for them. And if you take the free ones, pub is going to have buy something.

Different story if it is the pub logo or something other than a beer brand. Those you ask about, offer to pay, compliment the pub/amazing you've had here, hope for the best. Never take those.


Also: Buy GOT pint glasses and never have to steal inferior products!!

 

[Chrismac]

L

Wanted to pay a place in Spain for an Estrella Galicia glass, but the guy wouldn't take the money.

Too honest by half, me.

Lovely glasses them

 

[Chrismac]

Remember going into one of those new cool karaoke bars with private rooms back in the early 21st century (a PS3 and Singstar), anyway the mics wouldn't work properly and the owner had no spares available, wouldn't refund the booking either so the PS3 controller magically found its way into a bush up the street.

 

[degsy]

Very important research conducted last year highlighted the impact of beer glass stealing on the industry:

What can happen if you steal a pint glass from the pub as crackdown called for

A case study looked into Britain's obsession for stealing pint glasses, and the results were truly shocking

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Are you a beer glass thief? Or is it more a case of liberation?

How does this sit with your moral compass?

What will Pete say?

Do threads like this help win all the awards?

Case study below:

In Corfu last week and had a nice (It was warm and the beer was cold) pint of Mythos. Heres a picture:
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And then here is the pint glass having been liberated by utilising the wife to distract the servers by paying in a very quiet bar and the babies pram to shield the evidence.

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The key question is, as always...

Will it fit in your missus's handbag